After Leaving the Sports Circle, I Became a Cooking God (Completed BL)

Chapter 80: Winter Training Begins

Translator: dapotaturs
Release Date: 09/04/2023

Full Chapter Title: Wang Shen's Follow-up & Winter Training Begins & World Championship Standards Announced

Li Mingzhuo might be fierce, but it's entirely accurate to say he has a soft heart. After learning about Wang Shen's situation the previous day, Li Mingzhuo stormed into the National Team's business department responsible for online operations and promotion, firmly instructing them to immediately release a statement rebuking the program team.

Simultaneously, due to the program team's manipulation and hype, both the national athletics team and other sports teams initiated internal reviews, demanding reasons and proofs from athletes who had taken training leave recently.

Even if the "The Strongest Challenger" program team wanted to rectify their course through proper channels now, it's unlikely that various national teams would easily agree. After all, this time the program team had directly crossed the line.

Regarding Wang Shen's training, in fact, Li Mingzhuo and Ye Tao had talked for a long time the previous night.

Wang Shen had talent, that was beyond doubt. Even his current personal best of 2.28 meters in high jump was already a commendable result. To break the 2.30-meter barrier, he needed further adjustments and refinement in aspects such as the approach run and takeoff technique.

With consistent practice, surpassing the 2.30-meter mark would undoubtedly be achievable for Wang Shen.

The problem now was that Wang Shen's opponent was not just himself, but also the equally formidable Ye Wenhao.

If Wang Shen could break the 2.30-meter mark, so could Ye Wenhao.

Their talents were similar, both had a diligent and studious approach to training, and their strengths clashed without any disparity.

In such a situation, Li Mingzhuo could only ensure a serious approach to both of their training plans and provide the best, most responsible training guidance possible.

As for the championship, it was something that no one could guarantee.

They understood Wang Shen's regrets, but whether it was Wang Shen or Ye Wenhao, they were high jump athletes that the national team was devoted to cultivating. They couldn't make decisions biased towards Wang Shen just because he was in pain or full of regrets.

Today, Su Bai stepped forward and claimed he had formulated a new training plan for Wang Shen. Rather than saying Su Bai overstepped his authority, it could be said that this action resolved the predicament that Li Mingzhuo was currently unable to solve.

Su Bai's name and accomplishments had been known to Li Mingzhuo for a long time. However, while both high jump and sprint hurdles were under the umbrella of track and field, the differences between them were significant. So, Li Mingzhuo had always treated Su Bai as an ordinary colleague in the national team, without any particular sentiments.

When he heard that Su Bai had prepared a training plan for Wang Shen, Li Mingzhuo's initial reaction was 'child's play'—how could Su Bai, who coached sprint hurdles, suddenly meddle in high jump matters?

But upon casually flipping through the training plan Su Bai had submitted, Li Mingzhuo's initial 'child's play' notion was overturned.

This Su Bai wasn't joking.

The entire training plan included specialized lower limb support and extension strength training, as well as adjustments in starting, approach running, and takeoff technique details. It was comprehensive and professional, and even included an analysis specifically focused on Wang Shen's application of extension strength techniques. This analytical detail was a scope Li Mingzhuo had previously overlooked.